Well we headed back to Lima and after using our expert skills we have acquired in avoiding been taken for a fool we got a bus to Ica and headed over to Huacachina where we went sandboarding. We took the two hour tour where you go out in a sand buggy cruising over unbeleivable sand dunes and then had a lil play on the boards. The dunes were incredible, we were flyng up practically a vertical dune not knowing what was on the other side! Dani loved it, Sam ...

After meeting the rest of our group in Cuzco we went out for lunch and spent the day looking around and getting to know each other. The following morning we were up early and set off to a local village where we learnt about the Inca culture. Afterwards we drove to the Sacred Valley which is where we got to see some Inca Ruins, but also the main point, have a practice walk ready for the trek ahead. It wasnt as bad as we were expected luckily, yet something tells u...

We both agree this is the hardest thing we have ever done, but the biggest accomplishment!! When we signed up for the Inca Trail we didn't really put much thought into the practical side of it, a 4 day trek through the Andes to see Machu Picchu. We´ve met lots of people on our travels who had done it and said it was amazing but not as difficult as they were expecting, clearly they haven't lived our lifestyle for the last 9 months. Despite some moments where we...

We arrived in Piura alot later than expected due to stops the bus company decided to take, but once we got there we jumped on another bus headed for Chiclaya. We only decided to go here because it broke up the journey to Lima and because we were intreged about the so called ´witch market´. The town wasn't anything what we were expecting, we thought it would be really small with a few houses and the market, but it turned out to be quite big with lots of shops, r...

Cuenca After an eight hour journey we arrived in Cuenca. It was a nice little city, with old cobbled streets and cute buildings. We stayed here two nights but didnt really do that much apart from look around the city, along the river and at the old Inca ruins. We stayed in a nice hostel where the lady who ran it was a little crazy =) Loja We only stayed in Loja for one night, basically just a passing point to cross the border into Peru. The city was again...